Black Mold Atlanta

Question. Atlanta, GA - We’ve got green and black mold patches of slimy gunk on our deck and our neighbor said it is either mold or mildew. What’s the difference between mold and mildew? Anyway the neighbor said we should use something called hydrogen peroxide to clean that mold off. Our son who is in school said that his teacher told him that hydrogen peroxide is rocket fuel and that we’re going to blow ourselves back to Indiana. It’s too cold in Indiana. What do the experts have to say Professor?

Answer. One expert suggest hydrogen peroxide as a way to clean mold off decks but he’s referring to a 20 percent solution that you can get from a medical supply center or beauty parlor, and then you mix it with water. I suspect the rocket fuel version of hydrogen peroxide is much more concentrated. Another expert recommends a cup of trisodium phosphate (available from janitorial supply centers) mixed with a gallon of bleach and a gallon of water. You wet the deck with water then apply the mixture and scrub the deck with a brush. Then rinse it off. Trisodium phosphate sounds like something you could make rocket fuel out of too, doesn’t it?

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Small Print Disclaimerfor Atlanta GAIt’s a sad thing to be clueless. Even while The Clueless Cleaner believes that cleaning can be fun and hopes to provide a bit of entertainment, Professor Q hopes that his research might point some folks in the right direction in terms of solving perplexing cleaning issues.

Here’s what you need to know. Other than being fictitious, Professor Q is just like you and me: Fallible! He knows nothing about cleaning! Out of the goodness of his heart he’ll look it up when someone has a truly clueless inquiry. He has dozens of reference books and of course the Internet. But he has not checked out these solutions personally and as far as he knows the experts he researches might be just as clueless as the rest of us. Probably not, but who knows?

So do your own due diligence before proceeding with any cleaning solution. Just one more slight word of caution. The Professor has noticed that a lot of these cleaning experts say the same thing over and over again, doubtlessly to cover their own tails. They say, “any one trying a cleaning solution should test it in an inconspicuous place–whether you are cleaning your silk blouse, your carpet or your driveway. Find an out of the way spot to make sure the cleaning solution doesn’t cause more problems than it cures.”